''Cephalanthera erecta'' , the erect cephalanthera (Japanese: ''gin-ran'', the "silver orchid", and Chinese: ''yin lan''), is a species of terrestrial

orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

. It is found in China, Japan, Korea, Kuril Islands, Bhutan, Assam and eastern Himalayas. The tiny-leaved form ''subaphylla'' obtains most of its carbon via

mycoheterotrophy Myco-heterotrophy (from Greek μύκης , "fungus", ἕτερος ', "another", "different" and τροφή ', "nutrition") is a symbiotic relationship between certain kinds of plants and fungi, in which the plant gets all or part of its food fro ...

. It is associated mainly with

Thelephoraceae The Thelephoraceae are a family of fungi in the order Thelephorales. This grouping of mushrooms is commonly known as the "leathery earthfans". Genera The family includes the following eight genera: * '' Amaurodon'' * '' Hypochnus'' * '' Lenzit ...

fungi.The diversity of mycorrhizal fungi in Japanese Cephalanthera species. Yuki Sakamoto, Jun Yamazaki, Takayuki Yamada, Jun Yokoyama and Yuki Ogura‐Tsujita Masayuki Maki, Plant Species Biology, volume 32, issue 1, January 2017, Pages 81-86,

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Pictures of fo. ''subaphylla''
at wildplantsshimane.jp

erecta This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants i ...

Myco-heterotrophic orchids Terrestrial orchids Orchids of Asia Orchids of Assam Orchids of China Orchids of Japan Orchids of Korea Orchids of Russia Flora of Bhutan Flora of East Himalaya Flora of the Kuril Islands Plants described in 1859 {{Epidendroideae-stub

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